William Carey Quotes

#1. The future is as bright as the promises of God.

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#2. Is not the commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are doing?

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#3. All my friends are but one, but He is all sufficient.

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#4. You have been speaking about William Carey. When I am gone, say nothing about William Carey-speak only about Willam Carey's Saviour.

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#5. I am very defective in all duties ... In prayer I wander and am formal ... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with God.

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#6. If he give me credit for being a plodder he will describe me justly. Anything beyond that will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

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#7. The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer; and it is in this way, we have the greatest reason to suppose, that the glorious out-pouring of the Spirit, which we expect at last, will be bestowed.

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#8. I feel that it is good to commit my Soul, my Body, and my all into the Hands of God, Then the World appears little, the Promises great; and God an allsufficient Portion.

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#9. Expect great things from God, receive great things from God. Expect little from God, receive little from God.

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#10. You have been saying much about Dr. Carey and his work. When I am gone, say nothing about Dr. Carey; speak about Dr. Carey's Saviour.

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#11. I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.

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#12. I will venture to go ... but remember that you must hold the ropes.

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#13. I went to India as a missionary to save England from spiritual collapse.

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#14. We have only to keep the end in view, and have our hearts thoroughly engaged in the pursuit of it, and means will not be very difficult.

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#15. I often think what interesting history we are making for the student of the twenty-first century.

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#16. I feel it my duty to plod on while daylight last.

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#17. To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.

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#18. There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead. Therefore, we must go forward.

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#19. One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer.

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#20. William Carey chides his countrymen for deciding it would be impossible for the Gospel to travel over great distances and to penetrate varied cultures when they are willing to face the same trials for the sake of commerce.

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#21. A Christian minister is a person who in a peculiar sense is not his own; he is the servant of God, and therefore ought to be wholly devoted to Him.

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#22. Every Christian should live life with an open Bible and an open map.

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#23. Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.

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#24. It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.

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#25. We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for.

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#26. Without justification salvation is not of grace, but of works.

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#27. The less said about me the better.

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#28. Young man, sit down: when God pleases to convert the heathen, He will do it without your aid or mine.

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#29. I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God

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#30. If you want the Kingdom speeded, go out and speed it yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only Missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity.

William Carey